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[edit] Translingual

The Hiragana script
Additional symbols
Unicode: U+308FKatakana: Hepburn romanization: waNihon-shiki romanization: waPolivanov cyrillization: ваJapanese braille:

[edit] Syllable

  1. The hiragana syllable at わ行あ段 (row WA, section A) in a gojūon table.

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Stroke order
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[edit] Etymology 1

The short form of ware.

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[edit] Pronoun

(kanji , romaji wa)

  1. first-person personal pronoun; I, me
    「[...]が丈たち竝ぶまで養ひたてまつりたる我子を、なに人が迎へきこえん。まさに許さんや」と言ひて、[...]
    かしこき御蔭をば、たのみきこえながら、貶めきずを求め給ふ人はおほく、がみはかよわく、物はかなきありさまにて、中々なる物思ひをぞし給ふ。
    女どち、のどやかなる夕闇の、道たどたどしげなるまぎれに、が車にてゐてたてまつる。
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(romaji wa)

  1. a particle used in the end of sentences, which indicates admiration or emotion
    あなたの髪は長いね!
    あなたのかみはながいね。
    Anata no kami wa nagai wa ne.
    Wow, your hair is so long!
    今、行く
    いま、いく
    Ima, iku wa.
    I'm coming.
    知らない
    しらない
    Shiranai wa.
    I don't know.
[edit] Usage notes
  • In common Japanese, this particle is mainly used by women. In various dialects, particularly western, it is used by both men and women, but with a different accent.

[edit] Etymology 3

Derived in the Heian period from writing the man'yōgana kanji in the cursive sōsho style.

[edit] Hiragana character

(romaji wa)

  1. The /wa/ syllable.
  2. The forty-fourth character in the gojūon ordering of hiragana. The previous character is and the next character is . The equivalent katakana character is .
[edit] Derived terms
  • (small form)

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